Cutthroat Pass via the Pacific Crest Trail — Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005

North Cascades > North Cascades Highway - Hwy 20

We left the Rainy Pass TH, on the PCT, for Cutthroat Pass in sunny weather. The trail is in excellent condition. Camped overnight at a posted camp site at about four miles. This is the last source of water until after Granite Pass, possibly not until Snowey Lakes. The water source at this camp site is down to a trickle and may dry up in a week or so. The camp site was clean and is off the tail providing privacy. Bugs were at a minimum. The next morning there was a hoard of trail runners (several hundred)going from Rainy Pass to Cutthroat Lake TH. After the trail runners passed by we day hiked to up to Cutthroat Pass and on to Granite Pass. The views are awesome. We hiked out on Sunday just before the rains started.